B-148595, OCT. 28, 1964

B-148595, OCT. 28, 1964

TO THE HONORABLE ABE MCGREGOR GOFF, CHAIRMAN, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION:

FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO AN APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY FILED WITH THE CHAIRMAN, INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION, BY THE CSA REPORTING CORPORATION AND THE COLUMBIA REPORTING COMPANY FOR THE REMISSION, UNDER SECTION 256A OF TITLE 41, U.S.C. OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES WHICH WERE ASSESSED BY THE COMMISSION AGAINST THE CSA REPORTING CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,190 AND AGAINST THE COLUMBIA REPORTING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $7,140 UNDER CONTRACTS NOS. IC-2690 AND IC-2687, RESPECTIVELY, BY REASON OF THE FAILURE OF THESE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE DELIVERY OF CERTAIN COPIES OF TRANSCRIPTS WITHIN THE SPECIFIC TIME LIMITS. THE MOST RECENT REQUEST FOR EQUITABLE REMISSION FROM THESE CONTRACTORS TOTALED $10,240.

BY LETTERS DATED AUGUST 4, AND OCTOBER 19, 1964, YOU ADVISED OUR OFFICE THAT PAYMENT HAD BEEN MADE TO YOU BY THE CSA REPORTING CORPORATION AND THE COLUMBIA REPORTING COMPANY OF THE RESPECTIVE AMOUNTS OF $7,182 AND $5,128, WHICH AMOUNTS WERE DETERMINED BY OUR OFFICE TO REPRESENT THOSE PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE INDEBTEDNESSES OF $10,190 AND $7,140 THAT MAY NOT BE AUTHORIZED FOR EQUITABLE REMISSION UNDER THE APPLICABLE STATUTE.

IN VIEW OF YOUR RECEIPT OF THE FOREGOING REMITTANCES FROM THESE FIRMS, AND BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE PROVISIONS OF 41 U.S.C. 256A, I HEREBY APPROVE REMISSION OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES TO THE CSA REPORTING CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,008 UNDER CONTRACT NO. IC-2690, AND TO THE COLUMBIA REPORTING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,012 UNDER CONTRACT NO. IC-2687, ..END :